METHODS OF RENTING LAND 329 



acres of cultivated land per farm. The bulletin states 

 that only about 72 per cent of each farm is in cultivation, 

 so that the total area is considerably larger. 



This is the right kind of economy for the landlord. He 

 gives the tenant land enough so that the tenant can get the 

 most out of his horses and machinery. In this way, both 

 parties prosper. If the farms were half as large, the waste 

 of horse and machine time would ultimately result in a loss 

 to each party. In many cases, it would pay the landlord 

 to combine two farms. He could then get better tenants 

 and make more. A tenant cannot take advantage of the 

 gain that comes from driving three- and four-horse teams 

 unless he has about 100 to 200 acres of crops, because each 

 horse ought to raise 20 to 30 acres of crops. 



REFERENCES 



A System of Tenant Farming and Its Results, Farmers' Bulletin 

 437. 



Methods of Renting Farm Lands in Wisconsin, Wisconsin 

 Bulletin 198. 



Relations between Landlords and Tenants, Cyclopedia of Ameri- 

 can Agriculture, Vol. IV, pp. 180-185. 



Farm Management, F. W. Card, pp. 48-55. 



Agricultural Economics, H. C. Taylor, pp. 235-326. 



Principles of Rural Economics, T. N. Carver, pp. 224-234. 



